Ludwig Preiß

Ludwig Preiß
Member of the Bundestag
In office 7 September 1949 – 15 October 1961
In office 24 November 1964 – 22 September 1972
Personal details
Born	(1910-07-25)25 July 1910 Leidenhofen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire
Died	14 May 1996(1996-05-14) (aged 85) Ebsdorfergrund, Hesse, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU (1960–96)
Other political affiliations	DP (1957–60) FVP (1956–57) FDP (1948–56)

Ludwig Preiß (25 July 1910 – 14 May 1996) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Career

Preiß was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 to 1961 and again from 24 November 1964, when he succeeded the late Heinrich von Brentano, until 1972. In 1949 and 1953 he represented the FDP, in 1957 the DP and again in 1965 the CDU in the constituency of Marburg. In 1969 he entered the Bundestag via the state list of the Hessian CDU.

Literature

Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.